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City takes steps to lower language barrier for foreign kids in school
Original source: english.kyodonews.net
(A summer school in Kawasaki for junior high school students who have come to Japan within the past three years.)
I don't want you to give up," Seisho Sasaki, 24, a fourth-year student of Kanagawa University, told some 20 junior high school students attending the summer school on Aug. 1.
A male high school student with a Chinese parent also gave a talk on his struggles to adapt to Japanese society.
Seikyu-sha has been helping foreign children learn Japanese since 2004 in Kawasaki Ward.
Even after retirement, Kunishima teaches at the city-run Saginuma Elementary School and is in charge of a class that supports foreign children.